A few weeks ago I got to take a trip down to Orlando to check out Coverings 2010, the uber-international Stone and Tile trade show.

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Now I must admit, I had no idea what to expect from a trade-show on tile, even as a designer I would think there’s really only so much you can know about ceramics and porcelains. Even after ‘Day 1’ I was relatively unimpressed (probably b/c I was looking to be totally impressed), however after sleeping over ‘Day 1’, and thinking about the possibilities then I was much more impressed by ‘Day 2’, even on the trip back into ‘Day 3, 4, 5, etc…’

Below is a list of my takeaways for the week, some …

So I’m finally jumping on the bandwagon…

I saw Avatar.

It was awesome.  I’m not typically one for sci-fi-ish fantastical wonderful-ness, but this really rocked.  The 3d glasses and all.  Yes, we all know that it has grossed an absurd amount of money, that audiences have been deeply affected by it, that the plot has been disected from every angle, that the technology utilized was ground-breaking… but for me, it was interesting walking out afterwards to discuss with the architect/boyfriend about the differences between what he saw and what I saw. 

What did I see? An amazing reimagining of our environment.  The inspiration drawn from so many of …